The Value of Spending Time with Jesus [Acts Alive] - Pastor Dave Rajoon

You see, because they had seen for themselves. They had seen Jesus hanging up on the cross. They had seen the brutality of the Roman. They had seen all that he had gone through. And then on Sunday morning, they saw the resurrected Christ, and he had showed them the scars in his hands, in his side. So they had full scale experience that this is indeed the truth. We're not telling you some kind of tale now. [01:11:16] (24 seconds)  #ResurrectionWitness

No other name. I want us under that. Somebody say no other name with me. No other name but the name of Jesus. Understand that here today. And that's the reason why people don't want you to talk about Jesus. Have you noticed that you can go anywhere in any situation and you could talk about any god? You could call any other god, but when you speak Jesus, immediately people get offended. Have you noticed that? When you call the name Jesus, somehow for some reason, [01:21:14] (27 seconds)  #OnlyJesusNoOther

Immediately as he was coming to stand, you know, Jesus had promised them that. He says, the holy spirit come upon you. He's gonna bring to your remembrance all the things that I've taught you. Everything I've said to you. He said, don't worry when you stand before the magistrates, and don't worry when you stand before the judges because the holy spirit, who is your comforter, he's gonna be with you, and he's gonna bring back to you what you should say and what you should tell him. The scripture says, and we know what happened on the day of Pentecost. Acts chapter two. [01:13:32] (29 seconds)  #EmpoweredByHolySpirit

You know, I know some Christian people who would have been saved for twenty or twenty five years, but you think about them twenty five years before, they're the same person. Same bad habits, same way to talk, same kind of behavior. Nothing has really changed. Something has to change if you come to know Jesus. I want you to understand that. The whole purpose of coming to know Christ is for transformation. you must be transformed. You must and as a matter of fact, you may not see an immediate transformation, [01:34:22] (31 seconds)  #GenuineTransformationNeeded

in the kingdom of God. You need to know what God has placed in your hand. And today when I stand up and I make a boast, it's not because I feel arrogant, I feel I'm more than myself, but it's simply because I know what God has called me to do. And and we all need to have that same perspective. Say, God, I know I am a conqueror. I am a victor. You've called me for this, and I'm gonna go forth and do it. Amen? [01:29:01] (23 seconds)  #KnowYourCalling

and I grew up not having a lot of self esteem, and and very often we have people like that in the church and the kingdom who don't have the self esteem to say, no. I I have what it takes. I have what it takes. I I remember growing up as a young man. I I knew that I was very talented. I used to be the church playwright. I would do a lot of things, was involved in that, and loved and drama and things like that. But you know what? I didn't feel that I I was qualified for anything. [01:28:30] (25 seconds)  #OvercomeSelfDoubt

And I wanna focus on that for a little bit. It says, seeing the men and they perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant in in some versions of the bible. You know, the religious leaders were not really insulting Peter and John's intelligence. They were acknowledging that these men lacked the formal rabbinical training to be able to declare and to say things and to teach and so on. And that happens. I remember, [01:23:52] (24 seconds)  #UntrainedButAnointed

He said, I would love to come to you Philippians. I'm here in jail right now. I would love to come and spend time with you because being with you will bring some forth some fruit. So but at the end of the day, whether I live or whether I die, it doesn't really matter. You see, because I'm hard pressed to come and spend time with you, but I also am caught between the two because I wanna go and be with Jesus. Essentially, paraphrasing. Now that's what he's saying in Philippians chapter one because Paul is very clear that he says, for me to live is Christ and to die [01:12:26] (30 seconds)  #ForMeToLiveIsChrist